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160 - MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE, the bevelled-corner top in a marquet…
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Description
MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE, the bevelled-corner top in a marquetry of grey satin-finish lozenges (re-veneered at a later date), resting on a base with a drawer, decorated with fragments of 18th-century porcelain plates, the side panels decorated with foliage resting on tapered legs with fluting, spindles and gilded bronze beads; a printed label from the Baron Double collection inscribed ‘Ex Museo Double’ and another printed label inscribed ‘347’; (the porcelain plaques were added in the first half of the 19th century; bronze frames missing). Marked by Jean Henri RIESENER, cabinetmaker who qualified as a master in 1768. Louis XVI period. H: 72 cm, W: 54 cm, D: 30 cm Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Baron Léopold Double, his sale in Paris, 30 May 1881, lot 347. Baron Léopold Double’s collection, begun around 1845 and assembled very rapidly (probably largely complete by 1850), was the subject in 1881 of one of the most significant sales of the 19th century. This table was lot no. 347 at the sale of 30 May 1881; it was sold for 6,100 francs. Particularly drawn to royal provenance, and more specifically to furniture and objects that had belonged to Queen Marie-Antoinette, Baron Double had probably acquired this table with the famous porcelain-inlaid furniture commissioned for the queen in mind. The addition of the porcelain plaques, likely shortly before its acquisition, illustrates a timeless practice aimed at enhancing existing pieces of furniture. Expert: Mr Pierre-François DAYOT
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About the sale FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART
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Auction time 06/27/2026 at 2:00 PM
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